Re: [PATCH] cmake: ignore generated files

[Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>]

Hi Junio,

On Wed, 23 Sep 2020, Junio C Hamano wrote:

> Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:
>
> > All I want is for the CMake support to be easier to use, yet we go in the
> > opposite direction: instead of allowing to use CMake under more
> > circumstances (which actually *works*, we just don't have the appropriate
>
> Not, "more", but what you are doing is to ensure it is used at only
> one single place, which is the top-level (and nowhere else, judging
> from the .gitignore additions).
>
> And that is fine---if you were to add .gitignore entries, you cannot
> leave it up to the end-users where the build happens.
>
> So, let's not pretend that you are allowing "more circumstances".
> Forcing a single choice to make things predictable is fine, but
> let's explain it as such, so that people won't be confused into
> thinking that they can follow their experiences gained from using
> CMake in other projects that lets them build in a separate
> directory.  The other things in our project, including the
> patterns added to .gitignore with the patch in question, are not set
> up to allow that.

While I respectfully disagree that I force a single choice on anybody, I
do agree that there is value in having one recommended route that is well
supported.

Thanks,
Dscho